Over the winter, the Phillies took a $10 million gamble that Adolis Garcia would be the formidable right-handed bat that they’ve long lacked.

At the Memorial Day weekend checkpoint, Garcia hasn’t come close to being that.

He entered Saturday night’s game against Cleveland with just one hit in 35 at-bats over his previous 11 games. For the season, he was hitting .203 with four homers, 14 RBIs and a .596 OPS, which was significantly worse than the lackluster .675 OPS he registered with Texas the last two seasons. That performance fueled the Rangers’ decision not to tender him a contract over the winter.

Earlier this season, manager Don Mattingly gave struggling hitters Alex Bohm and Trea Turner a couple of days off to reset. But without “a true alternative, a guy who’d totally be an upgrade offensively,” Mattingly had Garcia in right field Saturday night. However, he dropped Garcia to eighth in the batting order, the lowest he’s hit all season.

“Just trying to get him going,” Mattingly said. “The defense in right field has been tremendous and with this pitching staff, defense is important.”

Entering Saturday, Garcia had just two extra-base hits in his previous 21 games.

“I think it’s still in there,” Mattingly said. “The last homestand, I felt like, ‘This cat’s on the way.’ He was hitting balls in the middle of the field. His outs to center field were hard. His at-bats looked better. Then he got off track a little in Boston and Pittsburgh. I feel like it’s still there. You see it. We’re trying to find it. If he can get it going, he can really help us.”

While Garcia was dropped in the order, Turner remained in the leadoff spot. Mattingly is not considering a change there, despite Turner’s .288 on-base percentage and .234 batting average.

Turner won the National League batting title at .304 last season. He had a .355 on-base percentage.

Turner lowered his chase rate to 31.2 percent last season. It has increased to 34.6 percent this season.

“Trea looks like he’s getting better,” Mattingly said. “You feel like it’s coming. It’s not like all of a sudden he forgot how to hit. He’s heading in the right direction. There’s no need to panic and put someone else there.”

Despite his faith in Turner, Mattingly made it clear the team needs more.

“If we’re going to get where we want to go, these guys have got to go,” he said. “Trea’s a big part of that, and that’s not putting undue pressure on him. But Trea’s going to have to be Trea. (Kyle) Schwarber is going to have to be himself. (Bryce) Harper is going to have to do his thing. Bohm … It’s going to take all of them to get to where we want to go.

“It’s not fantasy baseball where you can just go out and make all these deals and all of a sudden we’ve got all these guys we like. ‘Hey, I like this guy, can we get him?’ It doesn’t work like that. This is our team. We have to be the best team we can possibly be, help our guys be the best they can be, count on them and trust them.”